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CHAPTER XVIII
PEACE
अष्टावक्र उवाच ।
neu atuteû araa Equaçafa yn: ।
तस्मै सुखैकरूपाय नमः शान्ताय तेजसे ॥१॥
अष्टावक्र: Ashtavakra उवाच said :
यस्य Of which बोधोदये with the dawning of know-
ledge तावत् all भ्रम: delusion स्वप्नवत् like dream भवति
becomes which is bliss itself by nature
शान्ताय calm तेजसे effulgence तस्मै to That नमः salutation.
Ashtavakra said:
1.
Salutation to That which is bliss
itself by nature, calmness, and effulgence,²
with the dawning of the knowledge of
which all delusion becomes like a dream.
[Calmness the Transcendental in which there
is no change.
2 Effulgence-The Atman is self-effulgent:
Nothing else can perceive It.
Unknowable though,
It can be known to Itself by Itself.
3 With etc.-The world which now appears so
real to us, changes its nature with the realization of
the Self, and appears unreal as a dream. It then
PEACE
अष्टावक्र उवाच ।
neu atuteû araa Equaçafa yn: ।
तस्मै सुखैकरूपाय नमः शान्ताय तेजसे ॥१॥
अष्टावक्र: Ashtavakra उवाच said :
यस्य Of which बोधोदये with the dawning of know-
ledge तावत् all भ्रम: delusion स्वप्नवत् like dream भवति
becomes which is bliss itself by nature
शान्ताय calm तेजसे effulgence तस्मै to That नमः salutation.
Ashtavakra said:
1.
Salutation to That which is bliss
itself by nature, calmness, and effulgence,²
with the dawning of the knowledge of
which all delusion becomes like a dream.
[Calmness the Transcendental in which there
is no change.
2 Effulgence-The Atman is self-effulgent:
Nothing else can perceive It.
Unknowable though,
It can be known to Itself by Itself.
3 With etc.-The world which now appears so
real to us, changes its nature with the realization of
the Self, and appears unreal as a dream. It then